Re: Mathematical Induction

Re: Mathematical Induction

The differences between integers, rationals, and reals don't really have to be well defined (bad pun...) to understand them. Just think of an integer as any whole number, without a decimal or fraction, a ration is anything that can be put in the form a/b (where a and b are integers), and real includes all the numbers without a complex part (i).

Last edited by Ricky (2006-03-01 06:02:27)

"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."